Honda Car Forum

I just spent 8 hours Saturday replacing all struts, rotors, brake
pads, and driveshafts on my 96 Accord EX,
so I thought I'd relay some thoughts on how to replace the rotors with
a minimal amount of effort:

1) A 36mm socket (with 1/2" drive; $6.99 from Sears) attached to an
impact gun will take the spindle nuts off.

2) I bought a slide hammer to separate the hubs from the bearings.
This worked fine (in conjunction with a
hub puller) for the driver's side hub, but the passenger side was a
lot more stubborn (it's just never easy).
After pounding on the hub for about 30 minutes with the slide hammer
and getting almost nowhere, we borrowed
a neighbor's tool called an air chisel (Campbell Hausfeld) makes one
for about $25. Put this between the hub
and rotor, pull the trigger, and watch as the hub and rotor are
magically separated. This saved my rear.

3) A tool called a hand impact ($25 from Sears) will take the
Phillips-head screws off the rear rotors without
stripping them.

Hope this helps someone out.

Chris